Floyd Landis Accuses Lance Armstrong of Doping

7/2/2010 8:01PM

Once a trusted teammate of Lance Armstrong, Floyd Landis alleges that Armstrong's USPS cycling team was involved in an elaborate doping scheme. Simon Constable talks to WSJ's Reed Albergotti about the story. (Originally published July 2, 2010.)

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I ... the the the the the the the allegations against Americans likely hike on the lands on strong and it comes from one of his former teammates Florida land as ... the Wall Street Journal Reed Albergotti joins us now with the story ... read the report on the story back in May the one this but don't fall tells about that Gilchrist money a little bit about Floyd Landis on news of former team-mate of Lance Armstrong's ... time the two thousand to those three no four Seasons ... of growth wrote in the Tour de France with plants and helped him win ... in three of his seven ... stores in France use you will recall a Domus tea to help run the team ... now ... Floyd Landis went on to win the Tour de France himself as you may remember in two thousand six ... he tested positive ... Fox like crazy ... to prove that he was innocent ... and Spencer did a two-year suspension ... came back to spore last year ... professing his innocence all the while ... and ... now it will be reported in May is that he had sent ... a number of e-mails to cycling officials ... admitting that he did in fact dope and implicating Lance Armstrong and other American writers teammates and some who aren't ... teammates ... as well ... an end to their babies held in his lot of determination Mimosa was moved on a little bit since Lennon and the story you were now ... you are using cell an elaborate conspiracy to cover up but widespread Doping ... on the U S Postal Service emotions Lance Armstrong cycling team ... how did this whole weekend ... will we do is really tell the story of Floyd Landis Floyd Landis is a Mennonite ... I'm comes from very modest ... background and Pennsylvania in Amish country ... and had read Lance Armstrong's book it's not about the bike ... and a netbook you know ... Armstrong talks about being a family man ... killed ... when the Scot this idea ... in his head that ... Armstrong was this sort of the most traditional very serious hard-working ... a cyclist ... two thousand won in the winter Floyd Landis did the nasty been given a contract ... to join the United States Postal Service cycling team ... Lance Armstrong one three tours to France at that time ... and when he showed up in Austin Texas for training camp ... he realise that ... our shows public image is very different than his private and it's ... a going forward ... there was more stuff that was in public ... namely performs enhancing drugs he's given everything from testosterone ... he says to blood transfusions can look at the specifics of a bow that looks on with it saw strong ... Floyd Landis says ... that ... it after race in France in two dozen two ... you'll wonder Niel the director of U S Postal team team Armstrong win is with those on ... hold in the team is going to be handed some testosterone patches and explained ... Audi's than ... in fact he says he was handed those by Lance Armstrong himself ... a much simpler transitions to tell us about that ... cycling is injured sport ... so ... it helps to have more red blood cells ... when you are in a long race like the Tour de France ... here red blood cell count is down that means you can get as much oxygen to muscles ... so with some cyclists have done and ... what ... Amanda says he and other members of the U S Postal team to ... succeed take out some of their ... their own glide ... path leader ... on it in two instances before the two in France ... during the race as their bodies become depleted ... they inject the trends he's that led back into their body and that allows them to ... do right harder ... for longer ... and the reason they do a transfusion ... is because ... the drugs that they can increase your red blood cell count ... are banned and now they're test for those drugs ... says is a waiting to get around those tax both of those procedures and drugs they're they're banned by the World anti doping Agency ... no one else does one minus three while the distances and I ... wouldn't ... complain ... when used on U S Postal team ... that ... he didn't have the right equipment even hit was to use writing on old bikes often on ... can get a time trial bike to train on ... time doesn't mean you when you race against the clock ... so ... he brought these complaints to the team ... they told him they're worn in a place to go around ... he did some investigating and found out ... and yet he says ... that the team was actually receiving more bikes and more of ... a card's from their sponsors then ... is being disseminated to the writers and he was told ... that those bikes ... and even sold to raise cash witnesses ... using the money to cash to fund this tilting her ... also on some of the key players en masse ... the mean that the top ... unit ... one of the keepers of Lance Armstrong ... is no hundred he only mentions he's the director of the team ... and win this alleges that he was involved ... in directing ... it also allowed me Kelly Ferrari is an Italian sports doctor that ... Lance Armstrong has worked with a mean that's a fact ... we all know ... voices be Kelly Ferrari actually helped administer ... performs Issing drugs and conduct blood transfusions and tonsils for the spouse to sign up with the last song some of his time ... his responded to our requests for comment ... as of yet ... on he has ... called publicly called into question in Floyd Landis is noted saying that he tried to get on ... Armstrong's team the oil industry the announcement on Armstrong's team and it was rebuffed ... doesn't question says credibility on the obviously know that ... you know he was lying at some point because he's completely change the story mean about him after he tested positive ... for testosterone he professed his innocence and now he's got saying that he did use ... performance in its hindrance to his work versus hours ... we like our word we like Ruiz de Reicher credibility you wonder deal hasn't responded to a strict either but he has released a statement ... through ... his team team RadioShack ... saying ... that he ... did allegations employs e-mails were ... false ... thank you Grandma should begin with the rest of ... Quidel without historians of years to come I'm Simon Constable and this is the Wall Street Journal